The Cornucopia of GSM Cell Phones
If shopping for GSM cell phones, be sure to find those you really need. Of course, this ain’t exactly news, yet all too many folks wind up with stuff that don’t fit their needs all that well. Strange enough, it may be that having so many options on the marketplace to choose from contributes to this situation: known to our Gallic friends as embarass de riches. In other words, the cornucopia of choices out there seem to confuse people more than anything else.
Those who study consumer psychology are familiar with this phenomenon. Whether it’s GSM cell phones or just about anything else, really, most people will naturally feel more and more anxious when presented with an ever more wider variety of choices. But while that may seem strange, it actually makes a certain sense, in the final analysis. After all, about half the population — those typically called “guys” — hate to shop. Ever wonder why? In a word: instant gratification. Guys usually want to “get it over with.” It doesn’t matter if the purchase is simple and straightforward, say something like buying soap or getting toothpaste. Imagine how much more annoying it could be when it comes to technology products!
Yes, guys like their toys and so they will love electronic ones, too. They like objects they can manipulate. Yet modern technology has lead to an incredible variety of features, feature-sets which only hard-core geeks would love spending time poring over…and most guys do not take pride in being geeks.
And let’s not forget the ladies, yes. These are people who often love to shop, but who find technology purchases none too interesting.
And so here’s a population of folks who are not jumping with joy when it comes to buying a cell phone. Small wonder, no, that they resort to marketing hype to simplify the decision-making process? And so people may wind up with thingamajigs that not only do not help them, but may actually hinder their actual wireless communications needs!
So when in the market for a cell phone, a little introspection of sorts is in order. What exactly do you need to do with a handset anyway? Do you need to send audio-visual material? Surf the web? Receive e-mail? If you absolutely need data capabilities, do you also have to have WiFi or would your carrier’s cellular network be enough?